Teen Drummer Covers “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty: Tom Petty (@TomPettyOfficial) sings about ordinary experience in an extraordinary way. For example, the song “Free Fallin’” is not about a specific person, rather it is about what he saw during his frequent drives along Ventura Boulevard. Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, wrote and recorded it in two days, making it the first song completed for ‘Full Moon Fever’. “Free Fallin’” is the first track on ‘Full Moon Fever’ (1989),